Rmx, 27 Mar 2012My requirements are listening to music, watching movies , playing games , connecting with frie... moreI agree with Nevin. The Xperia P would be the better option for you. There are 25% more pixels on the screen and the screen is larger so easier to use fingers when playing a game.
I also see the RAM as important. For the Sola to only have 512 and not say 768 or more is going to become a bit of a constraint.

Floating point will start to become standard as ICS supports it means being stuck with the default browser until the solution is incorporated into other browsers under ICS. It only works for the browser and odd wallpaper gimmick they included.

My other issue with the Sola is that for a 3.7" deive it is a bit large but I find that about most 3.7" devices. The processor is very good for a 3.7" device though.

On the hardware side - with its STE U8500 cpu and DB8500 graphics it's actually a re-invented Samsung Galaxy S2 with a slightly higher resolution and a slightly lower clock speed.

Looks like the launcher and browser aren't hardware accelerated. A pity. Thanks to the ARM Mali 400 the native android game performance really nice, though.

The part below the transparent and led illuminated back, home and menu "button area" (touch sensitive as the screen) already feels a little bit wobbly but that's hopefully a problem of the prototype unit only and may not occur on the final hardware. That "tail" is also the reason the phone's case can't be opened and the battery cannot be removed*.

If I had to decide NOW on what to buy, I'd rather still buy a SGS2 or the HTC One S. I'm not sure if I want an even bigger phone such as the HTC One X or the SGS3.

* On a side note, believe me, you don't want to extend your memory using a sd card.
Tried that once with my SGS2. Put ANYTHING on the sd card and your phone slows down... because it has to scan another media storage, because the app drawer has to load an app's icon from the slowest storage available on earth (apart from tape memory). You will hate the lagging, take your sd card out again and put it somewhere you will never find it again. And you will stop using sd cards at all. Ever wondered why apple products don't use them? It has nothing to do with patents... nothing to do with them not being "hip"...

(I wanted to bring the point that you wouldn't add some telescope antennas to get a better signal, would you? But I'm not quite sure some of you wouldn't!) :-P

This phone is the best of new xperia's because I don't like big phones BUT
It has 16GB only without card slot
older and cheaper xperia phones or even nokia and samasung phones is a lot better because it has card slot for expanding memory
I have 32GB card in my recently phone
also I don't like sola because Xperia neo is better and cheaper.

UzLG, 29 Mar 2012why battery capacity is VERY SMALL... because it runs on Novathor which is power efficient than Snapdragon. I don't know why Sony is reluctant to put the usual trend of 1700mah and say, "Hey, We have a Novathor on board which is very power efficient and hence you'll get a day more on the battery!!!". There might be some technical reasons why they reduced the capacity.

Eddie Quist, 23 Jan 2012XPERIA Arc and Arc S: 4.2-inch screen.
XPERIA S: 4.3-inch screen.
XPERIA Ion: 4.55-inch scre... moreYou are right. IT WAS HIGH time for them to break that barrier. Robert Lichota

Rmx, 27 Mar 2012Hey wat will b d price difference between sola and p n whch 1 will be a better choice n pls sp... moreThere will be no big price difference between the two phones (Xperia P will cost a tad high). Seeing your requirements, I think Xperia P is the one for you. The 1GB RAM is necessary from now on and Xperia sola lacks it. The floating touch technology is no big deal and I personally is not a fan of the Xperia Sola's design language where as Xperia P is well built(aluminium unibody) and its spec sheet stands out with the 1GB RAM, 13GB User accessible memory, 8MP shooter, whitemagic display (it's really something that i find useful ; unlike the floating touch), front camera, etc. So If I were in your shoes I'd surely go with Xperia P. (Actually I'm waiting for the phone to arrive in the stores near me to buy one. I prefer the silver piece among the 3 colors). Hope it helped.

Anonymous, 25 Mar 2012Dear GSMARENA,
Xperia P has a 1.5ghz dual core cpu, not 1ghz.
and about the battery guy... moreNo, I think GSMArena is correct, it has 1Ghz dual core, as that is also what is listed on the sony website.

Anonymous, 25 Mar 2012Dear GSMARENA,
Xperia P has a 1.5ghz dual core cpu, not 1ghz.
and about the battery guy... moreDear Anonymous,
Please contact Sony and tell them that on ALL of their web sites they are stating the wrong processor speed :)